Cigar and cigarette holder.



T. CLOOVAS.

CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE3. 1918,

1,289,666 Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Fla E,

\NVENTOR.

v Y 1" f HTTORNEV.

: areas near cunt.

THOMAS CLOOVAS, 0E YORKVILLQE, OHIO.

' CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Spec'ificationof Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 31, 19118.

Application filed June 3, 1918.. Serial No. 238,069.

To all whom it may concern: v Be it known that I, THOMAS CLoovAs, a subject of the King of Greece, and resident of Yorkville, county of Jefferson, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Holders, of which the following is ,a specification.

This invention relates to a holder for cigars and cigarettes," and it has for its primary object to provide a device whereby a lighted cigar or cigarette may be so supported upon the hand as to leave such hand free for unobstructed use in the performance of ordinary tasks.

A further object of the inventionv is to provide a device ,of the character mentioned embodying features which render it applicable to various minor uses.

' I firmly seating position.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which' Figure 1 is aside elevation of the invention, slightly enlarged;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the invention, still further enlarged, viewed from a point at right angles to the viewpoint in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section taken approximately .on the line 33, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged upper end view;

' Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on line 55,

Fig. 1; and v Fig. 6 is an enlarged-side elevation of the pin and pin encircling spring.

' Referring to said drawings, in which like designating characters distinguish like parts throughout the several views 1 indicates a spring clasp of open-ring form composed of resilient sheet material and adapted to be slipped over a finger tothe outer surface of said clasp at a point substantially midway between its ends is a threaded stud 2 upon which is mounted the interiorly threaded inner end port-ion 3 of a hollow tube-like member 3 which has an integral centrally apertured transverse wall or web 3 at its inner end. Projecting outward through the aperture of said Web 3 is a pin a having a head 4 on its inner end and having its opposite end threaded, as shown at 4", said threaded end being projected outward beyond the corresponding end of the tubular body 3. A head 5 is Rigidly carried on in which is received the outer end of the tubular body 3. A coil spring 7 disposed in A encircling relation to said pin has its inner end resting upon the transverse web 3 and its outer end seated against said head 5 at the bottom of the socket 6.

As is obvious, the head 5 and pin 4 iare together rotatable with respect to the gtubular body 3, and said spring serves to normally hold said parts projected outward in a position wherein the head 1530f said pin frictionally engages the web 3, whereby chance rotation is resisted.

Rigidly mounted, as by soldering, upon the outer part of the head 5 opposite the socket 6 a resilient member or'clamp 8 of expa'nsible ring form and preferably com-. posed of flat material. 'Said ring 8 is designed to receivewithin its embrace a cigarette or cigar and to yieldingly clamp the same, as shown. The opposite end portions of said ring are of reduced width so that they cross each other without lateral bending and form projecting wings 8.

Employed as a holder for a cigar or cigarette, the device is applied in an upright position over the back of a hand by slipping the clasp 1 over a finger of the hand. The head 5 may be rotated to dispose at any desired angle the cigar or cigarette held by the ring 8, it being only necessary to depress said head against the tension of the spring 7 until the. head of the pin 4 is removed from engagement with the Web 3 and then to rotate said head to the desired position.

An aperture 11, referably of triangular form, and bounde by beveled edges, may be provided at a suitable'point in the clasp 1, as shown in Fig. 2, the same being de signed to serve as an emergency pointsharpener for lead pencils. Also, there may be provided in the opposite sides of said clasp diagonally extending open slots 12, the slots being oppositely inclined. Such slots are designed to receive therein the edge of the flowing end of a necktie and an underlying portion of the wearers shirt for clamping the former to the latter when the device is not otherwise employed.

Various other uses may be made of the device, but since the features adapting it transverse Web therein, a headed pin dis- 1 posed within said member and extending through said web, a headmounted on the outer end of said pin, a coil spring interposed between said head and said web, and a resilient open ring mounted on said head.

2. A holder for cigars or cigarettes, com-.

prising a resilient fingerclasp, a tube-like member carried by said clasp and having a transverse web therein, a headed pin disposed within said member and extending through said web, a head mounted on the outer end of said pin and rotatably embracing the end of said member, a coil spring interposed between said web and said memher 'and normally holding said pin in an outwardly thrust position in which its head frictionally engages said web, anda resilient open ring carried by said rotatable head.

3. A holder for cigars or cigarettes, com prising a resilient finger clasp, a tube-like member carried by said vclasp and havingouter end of said pin and-rotatablyembracmasses a transverse web therein, a headed pin disposed within said member and extending through said web, ahead mounted on the outer end of said pin and rotatably embracing the end of said member, resilient means normally holding said pin in an outwardly thrust position in which its head frictionally engages said web, and a resilient open ring carried by said rotatable head.

4. A holder for cigars or cigarettes, com' prisinga resilient finger clasp, a' tube-like member carried 'by' said clasp and having a transverse web therein, a headed pin disposed within said member and extending through said web, a head mounted on the ing the end of said member, resilient means normally holding said pin in an outwardly thrust position in which its head frictionally engages said web, and a clamp carried bysaid rotatable head.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two subscribing wit-.

KIBSSGS. v

THOMAS cLoovA's.

} Witnesses:

TOMv KADEMENY, R. -B. COMB. 

